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A local Russian court has ordered a regional lawmaker to pay 50,000 rubles ($992) to an actor in the Oscar-nominated film 'Leviathan' in compensation for a derogatory article about his role in the film, but ruled that the lawmaker did not need to publish a retraction, news reports said.

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